David Lambard Wins a WSOP Bracelet in Event #36

The 50th Annual World Series of Poker saw another Shootout event came to an end, and its champion is now officially David Lambard, who managed to top the 312-strong field and win a total sum of $207,193. He seized a huge share of the prize pool, which was $845,100, and won his first WSOP gold bracelet ever. The full name of this tournament was Event #36: $3,000 No-Limit Hold’em Shootout, and his final opponent in the heads up play was a professional French poker player and coach called Johan “YoH ViraL” Guilbert.

The event took place just like all the other WSOP events, which is at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino. The thing with the event is that it also included several top-of-the-class poker players who all managed to hit the rail in the previous rounds, making room for Lambard to win the title. Some of the names that challenged Lambard but eventually lost include professionals such as Justin Bonomo, Andrew Lichtenberger, and Alexandru Papazian.

Lambard is a 44-year-old player who has been playing this game professionally for the past decade, meaning that he was not inexperienced in this game, and knew exactly what to expect from other players. He stated that he had known that the field would have been top notch. He added that the majority of players in the tournament were “all wizard, all super pros.” In other words, the filed could be described as “consisting of top players”. Lambard stated that he had been aware of that fact, but that he hadn’t been following the majority of them. However, he stated that he had come playing in a style of his own, and he added that the only way to top a poker tournament was to have no fear.

The Final Table

Ten players gathered round in order to take their shot at the final prize. Justin Bonomo, one of the most successful of all the players in the final table, had to hit the rail first, earning $12,937. He was soon followed by Martin Zamani, who won a total of $16,586. The next one in line was Adrien Delmas from France, who won $21,501. Another very successful poker player, Alexandru Papazian, ended up on the seventh place, earning $28,182 along the way. He was followed by Ben Farrell from the UK for $37,341.

The fifth place belonged to Jan Lakota, a Slovenian player who managed to win $50,016. Andrew Lichtenberger ended up in fourth place for $67,706, and he was soon followed by Weiyi Zhang from China, who won a total of $92,625.

Lambard and Johan Guilbert started their heads-up part of the game, with Lambard having a substantial chip lead, but the Frenchman managed to even the things out at the start with a couple of good hands. However, Lambard started playing aggressively, pushing Guilbert into losing the game eventually.